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tonight's move · 2026-09-01

Your perc loop gets tight, skipping stutters that sound like a broken CD player but stay musical.

Glitchy percussion stutters with Beat Repeat

any daw

◢ the move

6 steps

Drop Beat Repeat on a percussion loop channel.
Set Interval to 1 beat.
Set Grid to 16 notes.
Set Gate to 50 %.
Turn Pitch and Pitch Decay fully down.
Raise Variation and Chance to taste for unpredictable skips.

why it works

The short gate and high grid rate create staccato repeats that duck and glitch without losing the original groove.

ran in the 2026-09-01 issueall techniques →

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